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Homonyms and Confusing Words
sounds-alikes and rule-breakers
19
Spelling
6th Grade
06/13/2012

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add

 

short for "addition"

 

that's why it has an extra d

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eh

 

a slang interrogatory

 

"what did you do that for, eh?"

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acts

 

multiple of act

 

also, a book in the bible

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ad

 

short for "advertizement"

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aid

 

to assist or help, or that which is given to assist

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aide

 

a person who assists

 

(spelling has both a person - i - and another face looking on -- the e)

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ade

 

a kind of fruit drink

 

lemonade

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adze

 

a kind of ax-like tool

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ads

 

multiple advertisements

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adds

 

multiple things that are summed up

 

3 plus 4 adds up to 7

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affect

 

to change, a verb

 

I affect other people.

 

change (affect)           a

 

comes before

 

result (effect)           e

 

 

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effect

 

a result

 

I will see the bernoulli effect, if I created this right.

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airy

 

breezy

 

My kilt makes my legs feel airy.

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aero

 

pertaining to an aircraft

 

Greek word for "air"

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arrow

 

what is shot from a bow

 

has the word "row" in it, suggesting a straight shot from the bow

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are

 

another form of "am" and also 1/100th of a hectare

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air

 

the stuff we breathe

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ale

 

beer

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ail

 

 

to be sick, to have ailments or maladies

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